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J. H. REINHARDT.

' CONSECUTIVE NUMBERING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

PATENT JAMES H. REINHARDT, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, irSSiillNOll TU JOSEPHXVETTER, OF SAME PLACE.

CONSECUTlVE-NUMBERlNG MACHiNE.

EPL'CIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,307, dated August21, 1868.

Application filed July 6, 1885.

Renewed July 16, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. REINHARDT, of Memphis, in the county ofShelby, in the State of Tennessee, have invented a new and usefulimprovement in Consecutive-Numbering Machines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement upon the consecntive-numberingmachine invented by Charles S. Ellisjointly with myself, and for whichLetters Patent No. 318,803 were issued May 26, 1885, to James H.Reinhardt and George Schmalzried, as assignees.

In printing consecutively-numbered checks and tickets for variouspurposes it is often desired to issue them in series,to be distinguishedseverally by a letter of the alphabet. It is also desirable at times toprint in line with the consecutive numbers dates or directions or othermemoranda in brief; and the object of my invention is to facilitate theprinting of such matters in close connection with the numerals printedby the numberingwhccls, and to permit a quick change thereof withoutremoving the numbering device from the form or press or unlocking theform.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view, upon an enlarged scaleand in perspective, of consecntive-numbering machine constructed with myimprovement; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 3,a view in perspective, upon the same enlarged scale, of theactuating-block and anxiliary type-wheel mounted thereon; Fig. 4, anelevation of the actuating-block, partly in section, with the auxiliarytypewheel shown in section as removed; and Fig. 5 a cross-section inline a" a: of Fig. 2, illustrating the swinging pawl-frame.

A is the case containing a series of number ing type-wheels, B B,mounted upon a common axial shaft, 0, and actuated by the oscillation ofa series of pawls carried by a swinging frame, E, which is swung backand forth by means of a pin, F, projecting from the end of aspring-seated verticallyreciprocating block or plunger, G, through aslot, 71., in a partition, A, in the case into a notch, '1 in the end ofthe frame. Each wheel to the right is made to turn so as to bring a newtype thereon into line of print at each complete revolution of the wheelnextto the left, the unitwheel at the extreme left being made to changeits type at each oscillation of the frame E, all in manner as is fullydescribed in said Letters Patent No. 318,803, and which it is nnnecessary herein to repeat.

The plungeroractnating-bloch G is mounted in a compartment at one end ofthe case A, to play therein vertically with an exact yet easy movement.Its upper surface is designed to form or be fitted with type 5.9.(see Fi1,) and when the block is depressed in its seat the top of the type isbrought into line and plane of print with the type in the form in whichthe case Al's locked. The block is kept normally in an elevated positionby means of a spring, K, inserted under it. The side of the block nextto the nnmbering'wheels is formed with a central cylindrical hub, L,made to project therefrom against the side of the compartment, and fromthis hub the pin F projects through a slot in the side of thecompartment to engage the inclined slot in the swinging frame E. Thishub L serves as the axis for a wheel or annular plate, M. mounted toturn freely and truly thereon. Upon the periphery of this wheel areformed or titted type representing letters of the alphabet, or words orcharacters which it may be desired to have imprinted in connection withthe numbers on the wheels B B and the characters on the block Thethickness of the wheel or annular plate M is so proportioned that theface of the type on its periphery which may benppermost and in line ofprint shall be in the same horizontal plane with that of the types enthe block G, (as shown in Fig. 1,) and these types are confined whenthus in line of print in manner to prevent their accidental displacementby means of a springactuated pin, N, playing horizontally in a recess inthe side of the block G, (see Fig. at.) against the inner face of theannular plate or wheel M, to enter and engage one of a series of slightrecesses, p p, in said wheel formed in register with each of the type onits periphery. The engagement of the pin N with the wheel M is so slightas not IOC to prevent the wheel from being easily turned, but is yetsufficient to prevent its accidental movement in the use of thenumbering-machine.

By means of this improvement, after a series of checks have been printedand consecutively numbered, each bearing the imprint of one of theletters or characters on the periphery of the wheel to designate theseries-as, for example, A-the wheel M may, without removing thenumbering-machine from the form or press, and with but slight delay, bereadily turned to bring the nextletter or characteras, for instance,B-into line of print, the numberingwheels being reset to numberconsecutively a new series bearing this letter.

I claim as my invention- The combination, in a numbering-machine,

name to this specification in the presence of 0 two subscribingwitnesses.

v JAMES H. REINHARDT. WVitnesses:

WM. H. DRAKE, WM. S. GUERINEAD.

